05 March 2013

Riverton,
Utah¾ In every genealogist’s life, there are moments and experiences
that change our course, give us the inspiration to solve the brick wall, or even
cause us to laugh out loud. Popular keynote speaker Barry Ewell will share
ten “aha!” moments that will give you cause to say, “I’m a genealogist and lovin'
it!”

Barry J. Ewell is the founder of MyGenShare.com, an online
knowledgebase website for individuals interested in learning, sharing,
contemplating, and discovering family history. Throughout his professional
career as executive officer and senior manager of advertising and public
relations strategy for technology companies, he has worked for companies like IBM,
3M, and Rational Software. He has a BA in Communications from BYU. Since
first being introduced to family history in 1998, he has extensively researched
his family roots in the United States, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Germany,
and Russia. His focus has been to preserve the record of his family through
oral, written, and documented histories, and researching family lines.

Following the keynote presentation from 9:00–10:00
a.m., there will be two blocks of four classes each that will cover topics of
interest for beginning, intermediate, and advanced family history enthusiasts.

The
classes available from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. are:

·Digging
Up Death Records Online"¾Lorraine Bourne

·“Searching
Ancestry.com”¾Echo King

·“Utilizing
Online Resources of the Midwest”¾Luana
Darby

·“Church
of England Parish Registers”¾Apryl Cox

The
classes available from 11:00 a.m. to noon are:

·“The
‘Shady’ Side of the Family Tree: Prison, Criminal, and Asylum Records and More”¾Bret Petersen

·“Ancestry.com
Online Family Trees”¾Echo King

·“Using Danish
Military Levying Rolls”¾Linda Baker

·“Census Techniques and Strategies”¾Jason Harrison

Registration
is not required for this free seminar. The Riverton FamilySearch Library is
located in the LDS Riverton Office Building at 3740 Market Center Drive. The
facility is near the intersection of Bangerter Highway and 13400 South, just
east of The Home Depot.